NBA Season - now 24/25
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I read a factoid about the recently completed WNCAA basketball final. When UConn won, Vanessa Bryant posted on social media that Kobe and Gigi would have loved to see them win. Gigi would be 18 if she were alive today, and would probably have been on that squad. Scary how time flies
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
OKC currently leading the Lakers 80-72
At HT
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Referees report reveals reason for Luka Doncic ejection, Jarred Vanderbilt makes ‘personal’ point
Were the refs being biased against Luka Doncic?
Luka gets ejected late in the game for abusing the ref, but he says he was trash talking with a fan (who actually backs him up). Bizarre, and the refs double down on their decision post game
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Bro did you see Luka watching his Mavs tribute video.
Absolutely fuck the Mavs front office. It's not just a bad basketball trade, it's a shitty thing to do your talisman. Trade him when he WANTED to be there. Then shit talk him for a month to try and justify it.
Luka hates it. Every single one of your fans hates it. And your team is worse because of it.
Professional sport or not, this was a shitty thing to do.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Bro did you see Luka watching his Mavs tribute video.
Absolutely fuck the Mavs front office. It's not just a bad basketball trade, it's a shitty thing to do your talisman. Trade him when he WANTED to be there. Then shit talk him for a month to try and justify it.
Luka hates it. Every single one of your fans hates it. And your team is worse because of it.
Professional sport or not, this was a shitty thing to do.
What was their rationale? I know getting rid of a superstar like him is dumb but was there ever a coherent, intelligeble reason ever given for doing it?
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Fwiw I've always disliked the Mavs (no offense to any Mavs fans on here)....
In large part because I have a soft spot for the Spurs but also because I found Mark Cuban highly annoying.
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
New owners didn't want to pay him. In a GM who thought he knew better. Crazy decision.
Yeah ridiculous, less than a year after going to the finals...... Unless I'm mistaken they did the exact thing with Steve Nash back in 2004.... Didn't want to pay him then he won back to back MVP titles.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
New owners didn't want to pay him. In a GM who thought he knew better. Crazy decision.
Yeah ridiculous, less than a year after going to the finals...... Unless I'm mistaken they did the exact thing with Steve Nash back in 2004.... Didn't want to pay him then he won back to back MVP titles.
That one was on Cuban. But he sold the controlling stake in the team. Apparently he has no input into day to day basketball decisions
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Luka wipes away tears, then whips Mavs in return
Luka Doncic's eyes welled up with tears during a pregame tribute in Dallas, and then he proceeded to dominate the Mavericks with a season-high-tying 45 points in an emotional 112-97 victory.
This has to do hurt Dallas fans on so many levels
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Might as well been the Dallas Lakers today wit the cheers for Luka and LeBron coming from the stands.
Dropping 45 on your emotional return game and do it so efficiently will help the young man feel better.
Despite the loss, Mavs have sealed a play in spot with the Suns choking down the stretch and losing their 8th straight. Such a shame Kyrie is out who at an individual level was having a phenomenal season, but I would’ve loved to have seen him play with AD and the other very good pieces the Mavs have.
On the Malone sacking, the only shock is the timing. Thought they may have waited until the season end.
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Look, I'm not going to choose another team and do a Nepia, but fuck the Mavs.
It was cool to see Luka light them up. I'll come around once that fluffybunny Nico has been pissed off.
West looks fucking cool, no idea who will be 3-8. How good.
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And with some interesting results today - Warriors losing on the buzzer to the Spurs, the Clippers towelling the Rockets.
A few juicy games coming up the next few days
T’Wolves v Grizzlies
Grizzlies v Nuggets
Clippers v Kings
Warriors v Blazers
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
And with some interesting results today - Warriors losing on the buzzer to the Spurs, the Clippers towelling the Rockets.
A few juicy games coming up the next few days
T’Wolves v Grizzlies
Grizzlies v Nuggets
Clippers v Kings
Warriors v Blazers
Clippers v WarriorsThe Rockets did rest nearly their whole starting 5 in fairness, and I assume we will right until the start of the playoffs.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Warriors losing on the buzzer to the Spurs
sexy. Spurs have gone alright considering the guys not playing.
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@African-Monkey said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
And with some interesting results today - Warriors losing on the buzzer to the Spurs, the Clippers towelling the Rockets.
A few juicy games coming up the next few days
T’Wolves v Grizzlies
Grizzlies v Nuggets
Clippers v Kings
Warriors v Blazers
Clippers v WarriorsThe Rockets did rest nearly their whole starting 5 in fairness, and I assume we will right until the start of the playoffs.
More that the Clippers got the win and are desperate to try and get home court because their road record sucks. Only Dallas has a worse home record of the top 10 West teams.
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'Everybody in the organization was miserable': Inside the Nuggets' shocking dual firings
With less than a week left in the regular season, Denver fired its head coach and GM, ending a yearslong cold war, and risking the NBA's most precious commodity: the prime of three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
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LeBron two shots shy of surpassing Reggie Miller on 3s. It was a big deal when Ray Allen surpassed him (about a decade ago, or so) and I think this moves Reggie down to 7th on the alltime chart.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
LeBron two shots shy of surpassing Reggie Miller on 3s. It was a big deal when Ray Allen surpassed him (about a decade ago, or so) and I think this moves Reggie down to 7th on the alltime chart.
What’s interesting is that over their respective careers LeBron and Reggie have averaged the exact same number of 3pt attempts per game (4.7). Reggie slightly higher makes of 1.8 vs LeBron’s 1.7.
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Also interesting - if Klay retires or gets injured, Buddy Hield is a legit shot to climb to 5th all time…
Now, this is not interesting but excuse me I'm bored waiting for a flight...... all top 10 have a California connection....
1- Steph - Warriors
2 Harden - from LA
3 Allen - born on a military base in Merced
4 Lillard - from Oakland
5 Thompson - Dad was a Laker
6 LeBron - ended career as a Laker
7 Miller - from Riverside
8 Korver - from LA
9 George - from Palmdale
10 Carter - drafted by the Warriors (most tenuous one)To shoehorn Hield in there he won the 3 pt contest as a Kings player.
